Community Corner
Northern Maryland Farm Bill Workshop
University of Maryland’s Department of Agricultural Resource Economics (AREC), Maryland Dept. of Agriculture (MDA), USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) and U of Maryland Extension will sponsor a Farm Bill Workshop to aid farmers in understanding the new 2014 Farm Bill programs.
Focus will be on the two new commodity programs that impact wheat, corn, barley, oats, soybeans, and changes to the dairy program. The new farm bill presents new decisions that agricultural producers must make. Many of these decisions will be onetime decisions and producers will need to understand how the decision will impact their operation. Producers will have the option to reallocate base acreage, update payment yield, and make the one time decision between the two new Farm bill programs…
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC)
Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
Extension educators will walk producers through the new programs and the tools that exist to aid n these one-time program decisions, and other changes that could impact their eligibility.
Registration and Cost: to ensure adequate materials are available Registration is required … the cost is $10 per person for materials and lunch.Participants are encouraged to register online at: http://ter.ps/farmbill
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contact the UM Extension office at 410-771-1761 for information, special needs or other registration options. Please register by August 13.